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    May 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Vietnam veterans' new battle: getting disability compensation

    Vietnam veteran John Otte did his best to forget the war.
    Vietnam veteran John Otte did his best to forget the war. He got married, raised two sons and made a career working at credit unions. But as Otte neared retirement, memories of combat flooded back. Starting in 2005, he filed a series of claims with...

    Tags: Cleveland State University, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Prostate Cancer, American Legion, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

    2. May 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Calming the West's water wars

    Last week, Texas and Oklahoma squared off in a Supreme Court battle over water rights that has the drought-ridden West on edge. At issue is a state's control over its own water: Texas seeks to buy or otherwise tap water from Oklahoma under the terms of an interstate water compact, actions that Oklahoma has so far refused to permit despite the compact.
    Last week, Texas and Oklahoma squared off in a Supreme Court battle over water rights that has the drought-ridden West on edge. At issue is a state's control over its own water: Texas seeks to buy or otherwise tap water from Oklahoma under the terms of an...

    Tags: Natural Resources, Politics, Laws, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Crime, Law and Justice

    3. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Using technology to fight cheating in online education

    While Jennifer Clay was at home taking an online exam for her business law class, a proctor a few hundred miles away was watching her every move.
    While Jennifer Clay was at home taking an online exam for her business law class, a proctor a few hundred miles away was watching her every move. Using a webcam mounted in Clay's Los Angeles apartment, the monitor in Phoenix tracked how frequently her...

    Tags: Students, Regional Authority, University of Maryland, College Park, Computer Networking and Internet, Michael Jackson

    4. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Suit seeks to change ABC Unified to trustee system

    Olga Rios is a middle-school teacher with a Harvard University graduate degree and a passion to politically represent the low-income Latino children she says mirror herself growing up in hard-scrabble Hawaiian Gardens.
    Olga Rios is a middle-school teacher with a Harvard University graduate degree and a passion to politically represent the low-income Latino children she says mirror herself growing up in hard-scrabble Hawaiian Gardens. But that quest is virtually...

    Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Litigation, Crime, Law and Justice, Voting, ABC (tv network)

    5. Apr 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. In immigrant-rich Cambridge, arrest baffles locals

    CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The brothers' American experience was rooted here, a city of Ivy Leaguers and immigrants across the Charles River from Boston. In almost every way, it was unremarkable.
    CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The brothers' American experience was rooted here, a city of Ivy Leaguers and immigrants across the Charles River from Boston. In almost every way, it was unremarkable. They lived in a weathered neighborhood of Brazilians and...

    Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Boston Globe, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Immigration, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

    6. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. At least 144 Boston Marathon bombing victims treated in hospitals

    BOSTON — More than 144 people hurt in the Boston Marathon bombing were sent to hospitals, officials said, and three were killed. Seventeen of the injured were in critical condition Monday night. 
    BOSTON — More than 144 people hurt in the Boston Marathon bombing were sent to hospitals, officials said, and three were killed. Seventeen of the injured were in critical condition Monday night.  The two bombs hundreds of yards apart created a...

    Tags: Bombings, Anderson Cooper 360 (tv program), FBI, Students, Teaching and Learning

    7. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Cal State to offer online engineering course at 11 more campuses

    An online engineering course at San Jose State that has shown promise in improving student performance will be expanded to 11 other California State University campuses next fall, officials announced Wednesday. The San Jose campus, which has been a...

    Tags: Technology, Students, Regional Authority, Gavin Newsom, Government

    8. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. San Jose State online initiative to expand in Cal State system

    An online engineering course at San Jose State University that has shown promise in improving student performance will be expanded to 11 other California State University campuses next fall, officials announced Wednesday.
    An online engineering course at San Jose State University that has shown promise in improving student performance will be expanded to 11 other California State University campuses next fall, officials announced Wednesday. The San Jose campus, which...

    Tags: Technology, Students, Gavin Newsom, Government, Jerry Brown

    9. Apr 2, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Stanford and edX to improve online learning platform

    Stanford University and edX, the online education group that is providing free classes worldwide, are announcing a new collaboration to expand and improve edX’s underlying platform and allow open access to it.
    Stanford University and edX, the online education group that is providing free classes worldwide, are announcing a new collaboration to expand and improve edX’s underlying platform and allow open access to it. The move, to be formally announced...

    Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Colleges and Universities, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Education, Stanford University

    10. Mar 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Doreen B. Boxer, Esq.

    Doreen B. Boxer is a Certified Specialist in Criminal Law, California State Bar Board of Specialization. For more than two decades she has fought for her clients–winning acquittals, dismissals and reversals in trial and appellate courts. While the chief public defender for one of the largest counties in California, she oversaw 120 criminal defense attorneys handling more than 250,000 criminal cases. Bar member in California, New York, Massachusetts and several federal jurisdictions. Ms. Boxer’s broad litigation experience is key to excellent results for her criminal defense and family law clients.
    Doreen B. Boxer is a Certified Specialist in Criminal Law, California State Bar Board of Specialization. For more than two decades she has fought for her clients–winning acquittals, dismissals and reversals in trial and appellate courts. While the...

    Tags: Justice System, Criminals, Colleges and Universities, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice

    11. Mar 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Harvard faculty outraged after administration spies on emails

    This is not the kind of news Harvard University would like: First, an allegation of widespread cheating, then an internal hunt for an email leak at the university, and now, a partial apology by the administration for searching the correspondence of resident deans.
    This is not the kind of news Harvard University would like: First, an allegation of widespread cheating, then an internal hunt for an email leak at the university, and now, a partial apology by the administration for searching the correspondence of...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Towson University, Colleges and Universities, Employees, Bank of America Corp.

    12. Mar 7, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Allan B. Calhamer dies at 81; inventor of Diplomacy game

    The origins of the board game Diplomacy can be traced to an old geography book that Allan B. Calhamer discovered while rummaging around with a friend in the attic of his boyhood home in suburban Chicago.
    The origins of the board game Diplomacy can be traced to an old geography book that Allan B. Calhamer discovered while rummaging around with a friend in the attic of his boyhood home in suburban Chicago. Calhamer was fascinated by the exotic countries...

    Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Boston, Science, U.S. Foreign Service, World War I (1914-1918)

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